Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Liberty of St Peter
Not every part of medieval York came...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Executions in York
On 31 March 1379 Edward Hewison was...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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Roman Empire Governed from York
The Roman world was governed from w...
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York St John University
On 11 December 1839 a meeting of the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Norman Minster
- The First Railway Station
- Bootham Park Hospital (formerly York Lunatic Asylum)
- The County Court House
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- York in the fifteenth Century
- The Victorian Prison Building
- Water Lanes
- Lendal Bridge
- The Red Tower
- Is York Cursed?
- Priory Church of the Holy Trinity
- George Stubbs and Whistlejacket in York
- The Battle of Marston Moor
- King Edward II and York
- Scarborough Bridge
- A Pipkin